Madalsa
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Assistant Professor, Rochester Institute of Technology. I study and teach carbon-constrained energy systems. Views mine.
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I'm hiring PhD students to start in Fall 2026!
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
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General psa: i've been using the (free version of) the insight timer app to get back into a longer daily meditation practice and I really recommend it. (An earlier me would be horrified that I'm using an app for this - but it's actually just the right level of interactivity to reinforce a habit.)
November 9, 2025 at 8:47 PM
General psa: i've been using the (free version of) the insight timer app to get back into a longer daily meditation practice and I really recommend it. (An earlier me would be horrified that I'm using an app for this - but it's actually just the right level of interactivity to reinforce a habit.)
Also, what’s also makes it more accurate is the tons of good NESO data they incorporated. Real-time met weather data, site level PV data, distribution and transmission network. Good data on even simple models can do great.
The article doesn't say it, but this cool solar forecasting software uses no large language models, the thing people usually think of when they hear "AI." It uses a fairly simple convolutional neural network that's readily trained on a laptop. No data centers or LLMs involved. Research paper here:
November 9, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Also, what’s also makes it more accurate is the tons of good NESO data they incorporated. Real-time met weather data, site level PV data, distribution and transmission network. Good data on even simple models can do great.
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If you care about US manufacturing, then you'll be glad to hear the coat was cut and sewn in Rochester, NY at a company that has been around since 1899. This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
November 7, 2025 at 9:09 PM
If you care about US manufacturing, then you'll be glad to hear the coat was cut and sewn in Rochester, NY at a company that has been around since 1899. This is a unionized workforce with immigrants from around the world, some of whom have been with the factory for 50+ years.
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I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
November 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
I know we've all got a lot on our minds and the gusher of news doesn't stop for anybody, but....
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
Did you see where the President of Iran announced that the drought there is so bad that if they don't get any rain in the next two months they'll run out of water and *evacuate Tehran*?
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November 9, 2025 at 12:11 AM
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Yes!!!!! This is such a wonderful moment in history.
Hit for six: why India’s Women’s Cricket World Cup win is victory for equality
Sacrifices made to reach final – defying social stigma, lack of resources and juggling jobs between training – makes victory still more extraordinary
www.theguardian.com
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 PM
Yes!!!!! This is such a wonderful moment in history.
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"Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two billion people, could suffer catastrophic losses even under moderate global warming scenarios, according to a new global assessment by @iccinet.bsky.social"
At 2°C warming, only 25% of Hindu Kush–Himalayan glaciers will survive, warns report | Dehradun News - The Times of India
Dehradun: Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two bill.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com
November 8, 2025 at 3:07 AM
"Glaciers of the Hindu Kush Himalaya (HKH) and the broader High Mountain Asia (HMA) region, which are vital water sources for nearly two billion people, could suffer catastrophic losses even under moderate global warming scenarios, according to a new global assessment by @iccinet.bsky.social"
I'm hiring PhD students to start in Fall 2026!
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
November 7, 2025 at 8:27 PM
I'm hiring PhD students to start in Fall 2026!
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
Current research interests include energy affordability, integrating hyperscale demand in our electricity grids, and advancing sustainable mobility
Apply by Jan 15, 2026: www.rit.edu/study/sustai...
More info at madalsa.org
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The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
November 6, 2025 at 4:39 PM
The Mayor of New York only makes $260k. I bet there are police that make more than that in NY with overtime.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
We need to pay elected leaders more money and stop pretending it's some sort of calling. They're managing hundreds of billions of dollars in investments and millions of people's lives.
Happy for Rochester!
this is very cool: Kodak quietly relisted Kodak Gold and Ultramax on its website and confirmed to me it is selling the films directly to photography stores again. this is a big deal because for the last decade, Kodak has not controlled distribution of its own film
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
www.404media.co/kodak-quietl...
Kodak Quietly Begins Directly Selling Kodak Gold and Ultramax Film Again
Kodak appears to be taking back control over the distribution of its film.
www.404media.co
November 3, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Happy for Rochester!
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Your daily dose of climate hope. From the team at RMI: rmi.org/wp-content/u...
November 3, 2025 at 11:36 PM
Your daily dose of climate hope. From the team at RMI: rmi.org/wp-content/u...
Last city I visited with very good biking infrastructure: Bentonville, Arkansas
Last city I visited with excellent transit: Kansas City, MO
Last city I visited with excellent transit: Kansas City, MO
Meanwhile, in the far-left progressive bastion of ... entire State of Utah:
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...
"The plan shows 3,100 miles of paths. The network would come within a mile of 95% of Utahns, connect to 33 school campuses, 31 state/national parks, and 74 high-capacity transit stations."
www.sltrib.com/news/2025/10...
Utah rolls forward on statewide freeway system for bikes. Here’s where the trails would go.
Utah plans to build a statewide network of paved trails that will act like an interstate system for bikes.
www.sltrib.com
November 3, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Last city I visited with very good biking infrastructure: Bentonville, Arkansas
Last city I visited with excellent transit: Kansas City, MO
Last city I visited with excellent transit: Kansas City, MO
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How Dodgers became a hotbed for Japanese talent: respect
www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...
www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...
![My vision -- supported by [Dodgers executives] Bob Daly and Bob Graziano -- was, 'Why should we be dependent only on the free-agent market and the draft? Let's get into every area in the world that's producing baseball, and let's be aggressive about it again. This is the team of Jackie Robinson. It's the team of Hideo Nomo.'"
Thanks to a staff led by Acey Kohrogi, now the director of Pacific Rim Operations for the Padres, the Dodgers put together a team that featured Akasaki covering Japan along with Curtis Jung, who handled Korea, and Vincent Lau, who was responsible for Taiwan and China.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mjbn64fshkrr6fr5uzeqzrs/bafkreifgs3p7paeoydy5fb5os3ul4r36jmjhvs7vak6qcyppzs744ufzxu@jpeg)
![While the Dodgers may have an edge thanks to their location and financial might, Evans argues that there is a much more human role that goes into it.
"This game is all about relationships," Evans said. "You spend 10 to 14 hours a day at the ballpark for eight and a half, nine months together. The game is a worldwide game. It is certainly not a North American game anymore. It's played in more than 25 nations. The World Baseball Classic is evident. It's not money. It's cultivating and maintaining and nurturing relationships. You can't buy relationships."
"You hear [Yoshinobu] Yamamoto and Shohei [Ohtani] and Roki [Sasaki] talk about one of the reasons they chose the Dodgers is because of its history," Akasaki said. "Obviously the proximity to Japan and the community that we have here helps, but we have a really unique infrastructure. We have Japanese-speaking trainers. We have Japanese-speaking staff in the front office. I'm bilingual. Will Ireton was Kenta Maeda's interpreter -- Kenta Maeda was [with the Dodgers] a long time ago, but he's still on the support staff. You drop a Japanese player in our Dodgers clubhouse and that will be seamless."](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:7mjbn64fshkrr6fr5uzeqzrs/bafkreiajtdvxanccq6fy5gedvlrjqahdpsl7jrjcd6rqvwtdlfsqcsnkpe@jpeg)
October 26, 2025 at 8:46 PM
How Dodgers became a hotbed for Japanese talent: respect
www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...
www.mlb.com/news/dodgers...
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arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Attention Authors: Updated Practice for Review Articles and Position Papers in arXiv CS Category – arXiv blog
blog.arxiv.org
November 1, 2025 at 5:28 PM
arXiv will no longer accept review articles and position papers unless they have been accepted at a journal or a conference and complete successful peer review.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
This is due to being overwhelmed by a hundreds of AI generated papers a month.
Yet another open submission process killed by LLMs.
Japan has done incredible things for the city of Los Angeles.
November 2, 2025 at 5:14 AM
Japan has done incredible things for the city of Los Angeles.
I must confess: I may miss climate stories in the economist but never the obituaries.
The obituaries in The Economist, written by the brilliant Ann Wroe, are usually the best-written thing each week in the paper. This one is especially wonderful
www.economist.com/obituary/202...
www.economist.com/obituary/202...
Against all odds, Peter Gurney loved his work
The bomb-disposal mastermind died (peacefully) on September 19th, aged 93
www.economist.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I must confess: I may miss climate stories in the economist but never the obituaries.
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
Cool piece from NYT on rising electricity prices, citing our research in California.
Cool piece from NYT on rising electricity prices, citing our research in California.
Why the Price of Electricity Is Spiking Around the Country
www.nytimes.com
October 31, 2025 at 2:14 AM
www.nytimes.com/2025/10/30/c...
Cool piece from NYT on rising electricity prices, citing our research in California.
Cool piece from NYT on rising electricity prices, citing our research in California.
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The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
October 29, 2025 at 8:26 AM
The growth of wind and solar power is happening rapidly in all kinds of countries. Except one. Which tells its own story
www.ft.com/content/c406...
www.ft.com/content/c406...
NOAA hurricane hunters flying aboard a P-3 Orion aircraft ("Kermit") are monitoring Hurricane Melissa as most aircraft steer clear. The storm poses a catastrophic threat to Jamaica and Haiti.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
The crew are among the many federal workers working without pay during the US government shutdown.
October 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
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Delhi is testing cloud seeding to combat air pollution from crop burning, factories, and traffic, with PM₂.₅ levels often exceeding safe limits.
India trials Delhi cloud seeding to combat deadly smog
India trialled cloud seeding over its smog-filled capital for the first time, spraying a chemical from an aeroplane to encourage rain and wash deadly particles out of the air.
www.rfi.fr
October 24, 2025 at 9:34 AM
Delhi is testing cloud seeding to combat air pollution from crop burning, factories, and traffic, with PM₂.₅ levels often exceeding safe limits.
I’m seeing this trend of novels being written almost like screenplays. Understand Reese Witherspoon buying your book rights is a ticket out of precarity but I miss good world building in…. words.
October 24, 2025 at 5:51 AM
I’m seeing this trend of novels being written almost like screenplays. Understand Reese Witherspoon buying your book rights is a ticket out of precarity but I miss good world building in…. words.
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to dig into this paper! but important caution: average prices — revenue recouped by a consumer segment/electricity sold to them — don’t necessarily reflect the actual retail rate they face.
Excited to dig into this paper! but important caution: average prices — revenue recouped by a consumer segment/electricity sold to them — don’t necessarily reflect the actual retail rate they face.
Factors influencing recent trends in retail electricity prices in the United States
This study analyzes the primary drivers of recent state-level trends in U.S. retail electricity prices. We summarize pricing trends, explore descripti…
www.sciencedirect.com
October 20, 2025 at 4:11 PM
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Excited to dig into this paper! but important caution: average prices — revenue recouped by a consumer segment/electricity sold to them — don’t necessarily reflect the actual retail rate they face.
Excited to dig into this paper! but important caution: average prices — revenue recouped by a consumer segment/electricity sold to them — don’t necessarily reflect the actual retail rate they face.
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Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
Recently accepted by #QJE, “Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes,” by Barwick, Chen, Fu, and Li: doi.org/10.1093/qje/...
Digital Distractions with Peer Influence: The Impact of Mobile App Usage on Academic and Labor Market Outcomes*
Abstract. Concerns about excessive mobile phone use among youth are mounting. We present estimates of both behavioral and contextual peer effects, along wi
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October 17, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Wow. This is the paper I have been waiting for. Mobile apps are brain rot, with meaningfully bad economic consequences for those who overuse them.
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I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
October 19, 2025 at 7:03 PM
I think we can lay the groundwork to win this. @hammerandhope.bsky.social ran an interview with the folks who won Build Public Renewables in New York, lessons there worth checking out
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...
hammerandhope.org/article/clim...